61.— (1)F77[…]

(2) On the death of a sole registered full owner of land, or of the survivor of several registered full owners of land not being registered as tenants in common, (which owner or survivor is in the succeeding provisions of this section referred to as the deceased owner), the personal representatives of the deceased owner shall alone be recognised by F78[the Authority] as having any rights in respect of the land, and any registered dispositions by them shall have the same effect as if they were the registered owners of the land.

F79[(3) (a) An application for registration made by a person who claims to be by law entitled to the land of a deceased registered full owner, accompanied by an assent or transfer by the personal representative in the prescribed form, shall authorise F78[the Authority] to register such person as F80[…] owner of the land F80[…].

(b) F77[…]

(c) It shall not be the duty of F78[the Authority], nor shall F81[it] be entitled, to call for any information as to why any assent or transfer is or was made and F81[it] shall be bound to assume that the personal representative is or was acting in relation to the application, assent or transfer correctly and within F81[its] powers.]

(4) Where a person is registered as the F80[…] owner of land under subsection (3), the costs incurred in connection with the registration shall be borne by that person.

(5) Where the High Court or the Circuit Court makes an order under subsection (4) of section 20 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, vesting registered land in any person, it may also order that that person be registered as owner of that land.

(6) (a) Nothing in this Act or in the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, shall operate to require F78[the Authority] to register as the owner of land a person in his capacity as personal representative.

(b) F78[The Authority] may enter on the register a note setting out the fact of the death of a registered owner of land and the names of his personal representatives.

(7) Where, on the application of any person claiming to be registered as owner of registered land in succession to a deceased full owner of such land, the court is satisfied—

(a) that at least six years have elapsed since the death of the deceased full owner, and

(b) that the personal representatives of such owner are dead or out of the jurisdiction,

the court may, if it thinks fit, notwithstanding anything in the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, or this Act, dispense the applicant from the necessity of raising representation to the deceased full owner or of giving notice to his personal representatives and may order that the applicant be registered as owner of the land.

(8) Subsections (2) to (6) apply only in cases of death on or after the 1st day of June, 1959.

(9) Subsection (2) of section 37 of the Act of 1891, as amended by section 27 of and the Second Schedule to the Registration of Title Act, 1942, shall continue to apply in cases of death before the 1st day of June, 1959, notwithstanding the repeal of those provisions.